YouTube donation platform: accept donations during your livestream
Add a direct donation page alongside Super Chat and memberships, share it around YouTube livestreams and show payments and channel events in OBS.
YouTube offers Super Chat, Super Stickers and memberships to eligible channels. A direct donation page is separate: it works through your own link and can offer iDEAL to Dutch viewers, including on channels that do not yet have every YouTube monetisation feature.
A donation link alongside Super Chat and memberships
You do not have to choose only one route. Super Chat is visible inside YouTube, memberships support recurring community benefits, and direct donations offer a straightforward external payment. Explain the differences so viewers can choose knowingly.
Step 1: create your YouTube donation page
Match your channel name and artwork, add a short description and connect payouts. Choose realistic amounts and verify the complete mobile checkout before sharing the URL.
Step 2: share the link around your livestream
Add it to the video description, channel links, pinned live-chat message and a bot command. Put the most important link above the description fold and label it as an external donation page.
Step 3: add YouTube donation alerts to OBS
Install the DonoLink alerts browser source in OBS and send a test. Direct payments can then trigger the same visual experience whether your stream is watched on YouTube alone or through a multistream.
Step 4: connect your YouTube channel for live events
Connect YouTube in the overlay studio when the integration is configured. Supported live-chat events can be polled and translated into alerts. These platform events remain separate from direct paid donations and should be labelled accordingly.
Use one donation platform when multistreaming
One creator link across YouTube, Twitch and Kick gives viewers a consistent page and keeps direct-donation records and alerts together. Platform-native subscriptions and messages still stay with their respective platforms.
In short
Keep YouTube monetisation enabled where it serves your community, add a direct link for flexible payments, make iDEAL easy to find for Dutch viewers and test both checkout and OBS before the broadcast begins.